THE DEPARTMENT of Justice (DOJ) is open to putting the former driver-bodyguard of Sen. Leila de Lima and a former Justice undersecretary in the Witness Protection Program (WPP) if they can testify to the lawmaker’s links to illegal drug syndicates in the New Bilibid Prison (NBP).

In a text message to The Manila Times, Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre 2nd said the driver, Ronnie Palisoc Dayan, and former Justice undersecretary Francisco Baraan could be viable state witnesses against de Lima.

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